SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2011 For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. DER TAPIZAR’S IN TOWN HE AIN’T HEAVY, HE’S HIS BROTHER Winchell Thoroughbreds= Tapizar (Tapit) will be fa- Trainer Todd Pletcher still has champion Uncle Mo vored in the GII Robert B. Lewis S. this afternoon at (Indian Charlie) on deck, but he has plenty of other Santa Anita on the strength of his local debut, a bullets in the barn, and will be looking for his fourth 4 1/4-length success in the GIII Sam F. Davis trophy since 2006 this afternoon. GIII Sham S. Jan. 15 (video). He WinStar homebred Brethren (Dis- we=ll be going an additional six- torted Humor) had lots to live up teenth here, but that wouldn=t seem to before even placing a hoof on to be an issue for the bay colt. the racetrack, being a half-brother AHe=s doing good and we=re excited to 2010 GI Kentucky Derby win- about running him,@ said trainer ner Super Saver (Maria=s Mon). Steve Asmussen.AWe=re thrilled the The regally bred bay prevailed in a way he won the Sham. We=ve been contentious Belmont maiden very fortunate. The weather=s when unveiled Oct. 16 (video) , Tapizar stayed good, and we like the and added a smooth success in a Brethren Benoit photo rhythm we=ve established with the one-mile allowance at Churchill EquiSport horse.@ Admittedly, Tapizar was Nov. 27 (video). Brethren is only able to break his maiden in his fourth start, but did drawn on the outside here for his two-turn bow. AHe=s so with aplomb, airing by 10 1/2 lengths at Churchill training well and is ready to get started,@ Pletcher told Nov. 27. One start prior to that, he finished fourth Daily Racing Form. ANow it=s time to see where we are. behind Anthony=s Cross (Indian Charlie) in a Nov. 4 I was very pleased with his first two races; he=s done contest under the Twin Spires. That colt came back to exactly what we=re asked so far, and now he=s got to finish a non-threatening third to Tapizar in the Sham, stretch out and try his first stakes.@ Pletcher certainly and reopposes him once more here. Anthony=s Cross has his eye on the first Saturday in May. AIn a perfect was also entered in today=s GIII El Camino Real Derby, world he=ll only run twice before the Derby,@ the condi- but trainer Eoin Harty opted to stay in the Los Angeles tioner added. ABut we also have to keep an eye on area. AIt might be an easier spot,@ Harty offered. graded stakes earnings while trying to sort out and try to separate some of the other top three-year-olds we Saturday, Santa Anita Park, post time: 6:05 p.m. EDT have in the barn. Cont. p2-3 ROBERT B. LEWIS S.-GII, $250,000, 3yo, 1 1/8m @ PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML 1 Wegner K Dynaformer Bejarano Baffert 10-1 2 Anthony's Cross Indian Charlie Rosario Harty 6-1 3 Comma to the Top Bwana Charlie Nakatani Miller 5-2 4 Tapizar Tapit Gomez Asmussen 4-5 5 Ten Devils Rock Hard Ten Talamo Mandella 6-1 6 Riveting Reason K Fusaichi Pegasus Espinoza Cho 4-1 video 7 Quail Hill Candy Ride (Arg) Pedroza Hofmans 20-1 8 Thirtyfirststreet Good Journey Valenzla O'Neill 10-1 video RECENT WINNERS - ROBERT B. LEWIS S.* Yr Winner Sire Trainer Time video ‘10 Caracortado Cat Dreams Machowsky 1:41.75 ‘09 Pioneerof the Nile Empire Maker Baffert 1:41.90 video ‘08 Crown of Thorns Repent Mandella 1:40.76 ‘07 Great Hunter Aptitude O'Neill 1:42.89 ‘06 Brother Derek Benchmark Hendricks 1:41.96 ‘05 Declan's Moon Malibu Moon Ellis 1:42.41 ‘04 St Averil Saint Ballado Becerra 1:41.62 ‘03 Domestic Dispute Unbridled’s Song Baffert 1:42.20 ‘02 Labamta Babe Skywalker Frankel 1:42.50 ‘01 Millennium Wind Cryptoclearance Hofmans 1:42.38 ‘00 The Deputy (Ire) Petardia (GB) Sahadi 1:43.04 *Run as the Santa Catalina S. until 2006. www.coolmore.com P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 2/12/11 • PAGE 2 of 9 • thoroughbreddailynews.com FEATURE PRESENTATION •GIII SAM F. DAVIS S. Testing the Waters in Tampa... Brethren may be the talking horse in this contest, but it=s no walkover. Monzon (Thunder Gulch) is perfect in three dirt starts, including a rallying score in the Count Fleet S. on Aqueduct=s inner track Jan. 1 (video). The Sagamore Farm homebred shipped down to Florida af- terwards. Adulare (Flatter) traded spots with Tapizar (Tapit) in a pair of Churchill maidens last fall--he was third to that colt=s fourth in a Nov. 4 affair before finish- ing a distant third in Monzon Adam Coglianese Tapizar=s Nov. 27 romp-- then earned his diploma at Calder Jan. 2 (video). He received an 89 Beyer Speed Figure for that effort. Wash- ington=s Rules (Roman Ruler) was benched after a solid second to Stay Thirsty (Bernardini) in a Spa maiden last August, but came back with a rallying score in a Washington’s Rules Gulfstream off-the-turfer Adam Coglianese Jan. 22 (video). Jim Tafel=s homebred Beamer (Vindica- tion) aired by 5 1/2 lengths at Tampa Dec. 30 (video) . Sent to Gulfstream, the dark bay was a clear third behind runaway winner Soldat (War Front) in a Jan. 21 allowance at that track. SAM F. DAVIS S. - RECENT WINNERS Yr Winner Sire Trainer Time ‘10 Rule Roman Ruler Pletcher 1:44.15 ‘09 General Quarters Sky Mesa Miller 1:43.54 ‘08 Fierce Wind Dixie Union Zito 1:44.13 ‘07 Any Given Saturday Distorted Humor Pletcher 1:44.27 ‘06 Bluegrass Cat Storm Cat Pletcher 1:44.17 ‘05 Andromeda's Hero Fusaichi Pegasus Zito 1:46.63 ‘04 Kaufy Mate Diligence Ziadie 1:44.60 ‘03 White Buck Thats Our Buck Paradise 1:45.47 ‘02 Bunk N Ted Belong to Me Wirth 1:49.86 ‘01 Burning Roma Rubiano Giglio 1:45.20 upgraded to Grade III in 2009 859.873.7270 • www.airdriestud.com 17 Group/Grade 1 winners in Europe & North America 6 12 MY TYPHOON 1ST DIANA STAKES (G1). INTENSE FOCUS 1ST DEWHURST STAKES (G1). 1 7 13 SHAMARDAL 4-TIME G1 WINNER & A LEADING SIRE. HEATSEEKER 1ST SANTA ANITA HANDICAP (G1). GHANAATI 1ST 1,000 GUINEAS STAKES (G1), CORONATION STAKES (G1). 2 8 14 FOOTSTEPSINTHESAND UNBEATEN G1 WINNER & A LEADING SIRE. FROST GIANT 1ST SUBURBAN HANDICAP (G1). INTERNALLYFLAWLESS 1ST DEL MAR OAKS (G1). 3 9 15 MAIDS CAUSEWAY 1ST CORONATION STAKES (G1). CARRIAGE TRAIL 1ST SPINSTER STAKES (G1). ESKENDEREYA 1ST WOOD MEMORIAL STAKES (G1). 4 10 16 FIRST SAMURAI 1ST HOPEFUL S. (G1), CHAMPAGNE S. (G1). SWIFT TEMPER 1ST RUFFIAN HANDICAP (G1). RITE OF PASSAGE 1ST ASCOT GOLD CUP (G1). 5 11 17 ARAGORN 1ST EDDIE READ HANDICAP (G1), RED GIANT 1ST CLEM HIRSCH TURF CH’SHIP (G1). GIANT OAK 1ST CLARK HANDICAP (G1), SHOEMAKER BC MILE S. (G1). DONN HANDICAP (G1) • ASHFORD • ASHFORD • ASHFORD • • A2008SHFORD FEE:• ASHFORD €30,000• ASHFORD • STALLIONS FOR 2011 • DUNKIRK • FUSAICHI PEGASUS • GIANT’S CAUSEWAY • GRAND SLAM • HENRYTHENAVIGATOR • • LOOKIN AT LUCKY • MAJESTIC WARRIOR • MUNNINGS • SCAT DADDY • TALE OF THE CAT • THUNDER GULCH • VAN NISTELROOY • Ashford Stud, P. O. Box 823, Versailles, Kentucky 40383, U.S.A. Contact: Aisling Duignan, Dermot Ryan, Charlie O’Connor, Andre Lynch or Adrian Wallace: Tel: 859-873-7088. Fax: 859-879-5756. E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.coolmore.com Another to watch… NAPLES BAY closed from off the pace and shook free in the stretch to win by 1¼ lengths in her career debut for owner Edward Cox and trainer Christophe Clement at Gulfstream Park on Wednesday. Champion sire in 2009 & 2010 • ASHFORD • ASHFORD • ASHFORD • • ASHFORD • ASHFORD • ASHFORD • STALLIONS FOR 2011 • DUNKIRK • FUSAICHI PEGASUS • GIANT’S CAUSEWAY • GRAND SLAM • HENRYTHENAVIGATOR • • LOOKIN AT LUCKY • MAJESTIC WARRIOR • MUNNINGS • SCAT DADDY • TALE OF THE CAT • THUNDER GULCH • VAN NISTELROOY • Ashford Stud, P. O. Box 823, Versailles, Kentucky 40383, U.S.A. Contact: Aisling Duignan, Dermot Ryan, Charlie O’Connor, Andre Lynch or Adrian Wallace: Tel: 859-873-7088. Fax: 859-879-5756. E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.coolmore.com P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 2/12/11 • PAGE 3 of 9 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Saturday, Tampa Bay Downs, post time: 4:25 p.m. EST SAM F. DAVIS S.-GIII, $225,000, 3yo, 1 1/16m PP HORSE OWNER BREEDER TRAINER/JOCKEY ML 1 Reprized Halo Roger Urbina Debra & Bill Backlinie-FL Azpurua 6-1 (c, 3, Halo’s Image--Reprized Angel, by Reprized) Maysonett 2 Adulare K Wind River Stables B D Gibbs Farm LLC & Fleetwood B’stock-KY Arnold II 30-1 (c, 3, Flatter--Corking, by Sensitive Prince) Solis 3 Washington’s Rules K Magdalena Racing Hertrich/McCarthy Livestock LLC-KY McPeek 3-1 (g, 3, Roman Ruler--Petite Charme, by Silver Charm) Desormeaux 4 Too Experience Move Horse Inc Steve Tucker-FL Passley 6-1 (c, 3, Drewman--Lake Victoria, by Meadowlake) Centeno 5 Watch Me Go Gilbert G Campbell Gilbert G Campbell-FL O’Connell 8-1 (c, 3, West Acre--Sabbath Song, by Deputy Minister) L Garcia 6 Litigate Silverton Hill LLC JMJ Racing Stables LLC-NY Duggan 5-2 (g, 3, Closing Argument--Deja Entendu, by Menifee) Valdivia Jr 7 Beamer Jim Tafel LLC Jim Tafel LLC-KY Nafzger 20-1 (c, 3, Vindication--Untarnished, by Unbridled) Goncalves 8 Monzon Sagamore Farm Sagamore Farm LLC-MD Correas IV 4-1 (g, 3, Thunder Gulch--Shadow of Mine, by Belong to Me) Prado 9 Ribo Bobo Rapputi Stables LLC & D Pencheff Rapputi Stables LLC-FL Azpurua 15-1 (g, 3, Louis Quatorze--Private Prom Party.